Collins wins title at 113 as Vikings place sixth in WIC

 UNDERWOOD (Dec. 19) -- Freshman Eli Collins won the 113-pound championship and Garrison Gettler was a runner-up at 160 last Saturday to lead AHSTW to a sixth-place team finish in the Western Iowa Conference Wrestling Tournament at Underwood.
 Logan-Magnolia won the WIC title by a 210-203 margin over Missouri Valley while Underwood placed third with 152 points. The Vikings scored 121 to finish sixth out of eight teams.
 Twelve out of 13 AHSTW wrestlers placed in the top six of their weight class, including seven in the top four.
 Collins competed in a three-man bracket at 113 and pinned both of his foes in the second period to take the title. Gettler, a junior, defeated Riverside’s Rhett Bentley 10-4 in the semifinals before being pinned by Logan-Magnolia’s Gavin Maguire for the 160-pound championship.
 Denver Pauley placed third at 170 for the Vikings, recording three pins while losing 8-5 in the semifinals to Missouri Valley’s Gage Clausen.
 Fourth-place Vikings included David Johnson at 120, Hayden Fischer (132), Aidan Martin (152) and Quintin Martin (220).